By my understanding, advertising must be honest, factual and not misleading? So it baffles me how the Tobacco Control Industry haven’t been taken to task for their constant bleating of messages that are not honest, are not factual and are … Continue reading →
Guinness seems to be in the air at the moment. Unfortunately that’s a figure of speech so I won’t be setting out glasses in the hopes of capturing any condensation. There is an advertisement on television at the moment and … Continue reading →
They seem to think I need a new car. Most of you will know by now that I have a certain attitude towards advertising and in particular those apparently endless ones on television. I never watch them as I either … Continue reading →
I dropped down to the village on Saturday to get some smokes for Herself. I asked the Sweet Young Thing who was serving for a couple of packs of Silk Cut Purple which is Herself’s favourite tipple, though I swear … Continue reading →
Thank fuck that’s over! For the last couple of weeks I have been inundated with mails rabbiting on about Black Friday Sales [all of which were promptly deleted without a second thought]. I even had one frantically offering me huge … Continue reading →
I received an email the other day from a company requesting a sponsored page. I get quite a few of them and my immediate reaction is to bin them. This is a little portal for my ramblings and is not … Continue reading →
Children link junk food with having a good time, study shows. Goof grief! We can't possibly allow our cheeeldren have a good time, can we? Of course in the grey miserable world of the Puritan anything that hints at a … Continue reading →
When I started on this Interweb lark there was no such thing as Google. In fact there was barely an Interweb at all. PCs ran Windows 3.1 and if you wanted to access the wonders of the outside world you … Continue reading →
Apparently those imps in Big Food [or is it Big Soda or Big Sugar?] are employing underhand techniques. Food companies are increasingly using hidden tactics and emotional persuasion to market unhealthy food to young people online, according to a report. … Continue reading →
A while ago I saw a short spat on Twitter. A chap was decrying the likes of Adblocker because he said it was leading to the death of the Interweb. His argument was that people use Adblocker to block advertisements … Continue reading →
